Primary net enrolment in India

In India, 99.9% of children of primary school age were enrolled in school in 2025.

Measure: Total net enrolment rate, primary education Unit: % of children of primary school age Data: 1971 to 2025 Source: UNESCO UIS
India, 2025 99.9% % of children of primary school age
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 99.9%
Median of G20 countries, 2023 99.4% Middle value of 15 countries Not the same period as India (2025).

Primary net enrolment in India over time

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% of children of primary school age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Total net enrolment rate, primary education (% of children of primary school age), 2001 to 2025
Period India
2025 99.9%
2024 99.9%
2023 98.5%
2022 99.8%
2021 97.7%
2020 95.9%
2019 92.6%
2018 93.6%
2017 94.0%
2016 95.9%
2013 99.6%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2012 99.3%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2011 97.3%
2010 98.9%
2009 98.2%
2008 99.6%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2007 99.1%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2003 91.0%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2002 86.0%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2001 86.3%uis_est (UIS estimate)

Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 99.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2013, when it was 99.6%, the figure has changed by +0.3 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
NERT.1.CP · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2025 for India
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org